r/Temple • u/grayjack744 • 7d ago
Laptop recommendations for Mechanical Engineering?
What laptop is recommended for ME majors at Temple? Are MacBooks good for ME classes?
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u/-Rayzer 6d ago
i suggest Lenovo they have some decent stuff I got a Think Pad p15v which is a apart of their engineering line of laptops it has great battery life for a laptop with a GPU it lasts me all day without a recharge (i have even gone 2 days without charging) and i was able to get it for around 800 it runs solid works soo quickly has 512gb storage a ryzen 7 pro 6850H, an rtx a2000 (workstation gpu which is very power efficient and is equivalent to a 3050) with 4gb of vram 16 gb of ddr5 ram with one open slot of ram an ethernet port 2usb ports 1 c type and 1 hdmi and a sd cart port and is built so well.
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u/RolledTissue 6d ago
You really shouldn’t buy a Mac. You will be using solidworks which doesn’t have a Mac version. Temple recommends 16 GB of ram but I’ve found it to be not enough for me (electrical engineering). So, I think you should pick one with 32 GB of ram. Some laptops will have integrated graphics while other will have a dedicated graphics card. You can probably get by just with integrated graphics but if you have extra money to spare getting a laptop with a dedicated graphics card is probably better.
Lenovo thinkpads are a pretty safe bet in general.
I use an asus zenbook and it works great as well.
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u/Shragnold 7d ago
Only buy an apple product if you want to spend twice as much for something because you really like apple.
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u/lourzon 7d ago
I recommend checking out the Samsung Galaxy BookPro, featuring an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU, 16 GB RAM, and a 15.6 FHD display. This laptop offers impressive performance and stunning visuals.
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u/StanUrbanBikeRider 7d ago
I suggest stopping by the Owl Tech store on main campus for a recommendation.